Jane finally says yes.

As you know, Jane goes back to Thornfield and finds out that Thornfield has been burned down. So she stays in an inn and finds out what has happened to Thornfield, Bertha sets the house on fire, Mr. Rochester saves his servants and try's to save Bertha, but she jumps off the roof. As a consequence Mr. Rochester loses a limb and is blind. He lives deep in the forest with his servants when Jane finds him, she notices that he looks different by his face. The next day Jane and Mr. Rochester walk through the woods and he proposes to her again and she finally says yes. I guess what Charlotte Bronte was saying is that love is not from the looks, it's their personality.

The Last Tale of Jane Eyre

As sad as it is, the last chapter has crept upon us. Reading the last chapter was pretty interesting because both good and bad things have happened or surprised me at the least. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester have finally been hitched, but things aren't going as I thought would have happened in the 10 year timeline. Things start out to go well at first: Mary and Diana still talk to Jane, and Jane and Mr. Rochester are happily married. From earlier in the book, a young French girl, Adele, used to be very sweet and kind. When Jane goes to visit Adele, she has become a very sour unpleasant young woman. It's quite weird when she used to be a very nice girl who seemed innocent when she was first introduced in the book. Later on in the chapter, I found out that Mr. Rochester's sight has almost gone away, and then it starts healing. His appearance has changed also when he had lost some limbs, and my response goes back to what Latrell said in the class discussion: "Charlotte Bronte makes it known to us that looks may not stay the same, but the love for each other does". It really puts in the perspective that looks don't matter, and Jane has come to accept that. I believe that she has grown as a character because she has overcome her problems that troubled her when she was young at the beginning of the book.

Jane Eyre can be Loyal and St John can be Rude!

One day, St John asks Jane to give up her study of German and instead to learn “Hindustani” with him; The language he is learning to prepare for missionary work in India. As time goes by, St. John exerts a greater and greater influence on Jane. His power over her is almost astonishing. This leaves Jane feeling empty, cold, and sad, but she follows his wishes. At last, he asks her to go to India with him to be a missionary—and to be his wife. She agrees to go to India as a missionary, but says that she will not be his wife because they are not in love. St. John brutally insists that she marry him, he also states that to refuse his proposal is the same as to negate the Christian faith.

Jane also hides things

St John says that he has received a letter from a lawyer named Mr. Briggs announcing that it is very important that this "Jane Eyre" be found. Jane is only obsessed in whether Mr. Briggs has sent news of Rochester, but St. John says that Rochester’s well-being is not at issue. Jane Eyre must be found because her uncle, John Eyre, has died, leaving her the fortune of 20,000 pounds.Jane reveals herself to be Jane Eyre, knowing that St. John has guessed already. She asks him how he knew. St John shows her the scrap of paper he tore from her drawing the previous day.

Diana and Mary

While I read Chapter 34, it seems that Diana and Mary have become closer to Jane than how they were when they first met. The first time they met, they weren't that accompanied by her because she seemed like beggar on the streets that just needed shelter. I believe these two characters have grown because they are more likable characters; in my taste. "Diana and Mary are delighted with the improvements Jane has made at the school" (ch. 34). I believe that this quote tells us that they view Jane as an "improvement" from before. Being invited into a house where you know no one and still be accepted is an honor  because those kind of people don't show up just anytime.

Character Analysis about St. John

As we have read about St. John in Jane Eyre, he is a very distant man that puts up a front. As I read about him in the late chapters of Jane Eyre, I realize that he is very interested in his work, but doesn't seem like the kind of man to be married with the kind of ambition he has. Though at times, he can be somewhat kind, as to letting Jane Eyre stay for a while, he still is cold and doesn't reveal how he feels openly. St. John can create a lot of opportunity compared to Jane because he is off to travel to India, where change can begin. St. John compared to Mr. Rochester are both opposite, though they both propose to Jane, because Mr. Rochester is a romantic while St. John is not really into that type of attention.

St. John Rivers' Calling

The proposal may be a surprise, but the impulse is good, right? Or is it? Do you think that the missionary zeal that St. John shows gives a positive view of Christianity? Is he an admirable character, a positive religious model?